I love product, but I’m wondering if sticking with PM is the best long-term play. I see some people moving into founder roles, chief of staff, or strategy, while others stay on the IC track forever. If you’ve been in product for a while, what’s been your best career move?

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I jumped from PM to operations strategy, and it turns out I love fixing broken systems more than shipping features. Never thought I’d leave product, but it was the best move I made. Have you considered roles outside the usual PM path?

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How did you speak to your experience to transition into ops management? Is there a particular sized company, i.e. bigger than..50 people?, that tend to hire ops? My previous start up did not have ops people

It depends on your personal motivations and your aspirations. I know people have been in PM IC roles for over twenty years because they never want to be a manager and love the daily fire fight. I was a VP of Product just before retiring recently because I enjoyed strategy meetings, M&A discussions, meetings with industry analysts, and moving/making markets. I still helped everyone one my team every week, so I could read and write a backlog with the best of them.

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